Last week, we the Google Fit app update with a frequently requested feature: real-time tracking of your walks, runs, and bike rides. Now, the Google Fit app for Android Wear will soon receive the same feature in an update as announced by the official Android Twitter account. You’ll be able to check the distance you’ve ran as well as...

HTTP efficiency is crucial for making apps that rely on web features load faster and save bandwidth. That’s why it’s important for developers to rely on an HTTP client such as OkHttp to handle network requests/responses. The project has recently been updated to version 3.0, which brings major changes to the API focusing mainly on...

The Android team has just pushed a new update to Android Studio 2.0 to the Canary Channel, bringing with it some new features and fixes for bugs present in Preview 4. Among the most notable changes include the ability to “cold swap”, allowing developers to build and deploy incremental changes before restarting an app. Finally,...

Following the footsteps of Apple, Google has finally unveiled a new feature that developers have been seeking for years now: the ability to give out promo codes for their apps. Developers can now offer promo codes through the Google Play Developer Console by following some simple steps to download or print a CSV file with a list of codes. At this...